games-pc grand prix 3 User Manual

Autodrómo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, São Paulo
1 lap: 2.667 miles/4.292km (anti-clockwise)
72 laps: 192.018 miles/309.024km

Punishing your transmission and neck muscles alike, marshy Interlagos is notorious for its
bumps. Overtaking opportunities are few, so although low downforce may make the car
skittish on the track’s inner section, it’s best to sacrifice cornering stability in favour of
the straight-line speed you’ll need to overtake at the end of the two long straights.

Your best chance comes at the first corner: if you crest the rise with enough speed, pull out
of the slipstream and dive for the inside at 180mph. Watch your line through the S do Senna,
keeping it tidy and building speed up for the critical Curva do Sol. A good exit here means
good top speed for the Reta Oposta straight, ready for the track’s second overtaking 
opportunity, Descida do Lago, a tight left-hander where it’s easy to spin off. Sweep through
another left-hander in fourth at 135mph, accelerate to 170mph before braking for
Ferradura, a sweeping, double apex right. Maintain a smooth flowing rhythm as you tackle
a series of slow winding bends, dropping as low as second and 55mph for Bico do Pato, before
building momentum up the slope, past the pit lane entry and back onto the main straight.

Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne
1 lap: 3.295 miles/5.303km (clockwise)
58 laps: 191.117 miles/307.574km

Kicking off the new season, Albert Park’s mix of tight corners and sweeping curves is 
popular with the drivers. Despite some bumps and a certain appetite for tyres, the track
is less demanding than conventional street circuits. A high downforce set up is best, with
good traction a must.

With the exception of the pit straight where speeds top out at 185mph, Melbourne mixes
short bursts of acceleration with hard braking, sharp bends being linked by short sweeps
rather than straights worthy of the name. A couple of 45º right and left turns lead to one
of the circuit’s best overtaking spots, a right-left S bend. Expect trouble here in the opening
lap. After braking hard down to 70mph for the tight right-hander at Turn 9, the middle
section of the lap opens out, giving cars with good horsepower the chance to pull away,
while the tighter section that links Turn 13 to the last corner at Turn 16 will favour cars
with good handling, bringing them back into contention. Finish the lap close enough here
and you may get enough tow down the pit straight to take you past the car in front.